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Lawrence Yeo • The Problem of What Others Think
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” –Marcus Aurelius Emperor of Rome and Stoic philosopher, author
Timothy Ferriss • Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
"Contented poverty is an honourable estate."
Lucius Annaeus Seneca • Letters from a Stoic: Epistulae Morales AD Lucilium
It is high time for thee to understand the true nature both of the world, whereof thou art a part; and of that Lord and Governor of the world, from whom, as a channel from the spring, thou thyself didst flow: and that there is but a certain limit of time appointed unto thee, which if thou shalt not make use of to calm and allay the many distempers
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You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire. You will hear many
Seneca • On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It (Penguin Great Ideas)
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
Marcus Aurelius • Meditations
I imagine many people could have achieved wisdom if they had not imagined they had already achieved it, if they had not dissembled about some of their own characteristics and turned a blind eye to others.
Seneca • On the Shortness of Life (Penguin Great Ideas)
“To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden.” —SENECA, HERCULES OETAEUS